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- [stuhd]
- /stʌd/
- /stʌd/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [stuhd]
- /stʌd/
Definitions of stud word
- noun stud a studhorse or stallion. 1
- noun stud an establishment, as a farm, in which horses are kept for breeding. 1
- noun stud a number of horses, usually for racing or hunting, bred or kept by one owner. 1
- noun stud a male animal, as a bull or ram, kept for breeding. 1
- noun stud a herd of animals kept for breeding. 1
- noun stud Slang. a man, especially one who is notably virile and sexually active. 1
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Origin of stud
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English stude knob, post, Old English studu post; cognate with Middle High German stud, Old Norse stoth post
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Parts of speech for Stud
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
stud popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
stud usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for stud
noun stud
- adonis — a handsome youth loved by Aphrodite. Killed by a wild boar, he was believed to spend part of the year in the underworld and part on earth, symbolizing the vegetative cycle
- adonises — Classical Mythology. a youth slain by a wild boar but permitted by Zeus to pass four months every year in the lower world with Persephone, four with Aphrodite, and four wherever he chose.
- beam — If you say that someone is beaming, you mean that they have a big smile on their face because they are happy, pleased, or proud about something.
- brad — a small tapered nail having a small head that is either symmetrical or formed on one side only
- button — Buttons are small hard objects sewn on to shirts, coats, or other pieces of clothing. You fasten the clothing by pushing the buttons through holes called buttonholes.
adj stud
- beefcake — Attractive men with large muscles can be referred to as beefcake.
- caveman — Cavemen were people in prehistoric times who lived mainly in caves.
- colter — a blade or disk on a plow, for forming the vertical wall of the furrow
- generative — capable of producing or creating.
- lion-hearted — exceptionally courageous or brave.
verb stud
- bespangle — to cover or adorn with or as if with spangles
- bespatter — to splash all over, as with dirty water
- bespeckle — to mark with speckles
- bespeckled — to speckle.
- besprinkle — to sprinkle all over with liquid, powder, etc
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